I have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one.
ALAIN PROSTI have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one.
ALAIN PROSTI don’t like to go over curbs, because I don’t want to be hard on the car.
ALAIN PROSTYou want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work.
ALAIN PROSTDoes it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? – Of course it does – I’m not an idiot.
ALAIN PROSTWhen I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that’s the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing.
ALAIN PROSTSometimes I think I could have got some better results if I had a different mentality.
ALAIN PROSTWhen you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can’t see that from the outside.
ALAIN PROSTMaybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.
ALAIN PROSTYou can’t always have the best team. It’s always a compromise.
ALAIN PROSTWithout going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.
ALAIN PROSTI have always had this mentality because I hated to break anything on the car.
ALAIN PROSTI think maybe the English don’t want to try something and look stupid, because they are a bit reserved.
ALAIN PROSTPeople don’t understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it’s wet.
ALAIN PROSTI was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
ALAIN PROSTWhen I look fast, I’m not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.
ALAIN PROSTSo in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
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